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fie

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
6
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/faɪ/

Definition of fie

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

intj

  1. (archaic)Sometimes followed by on or upon: used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage.
    “Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.”
    “Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.”
    “"Fie upon them, forgetting their philosophy!"”
    “I pleaded with my companions to spare his life, and they said, ‘Fie! shame upon you! You have a Chinese heart.’ Then they turned upon me to kill me as well, so I withdrew my petition. After that they cut off the woodsman's head, and we returned home.”
    “But the orthodox scientific world says fie! to the religious impulse. The scientist wants to discover a cause for everything.”

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Etymology

From Middle English fy, from Old French fi, from Latin fī. (with a possible additional influence from Old Norse). Compare Swedish fy.

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